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MISSION BRIEFING: Mission Log
TEACHER VERSION
TEACHER DIRECTIONS: Ask the students to fill in the CLUE column as they
proceed through the mission.
Question
In the Arora II spacecraft, you learn of an outbreak of disease in
Prokaryon. What type of disease is it?
In the CyNN news article, a news crawler appears at the bottom of the
story. It tells of a fringe group who are demanding the closure of the
refugee camp. What is the name of this fringe group?
Before arriving in Prokaryon, Eureka helps you review the Germ Theory
first proposed by Louis Pasteur. What is this theory?
Eureka also shows you information on Joseph Lister, a surgeon who
believed in the Germ Theory and therefore insisted that doctors do what?
In reviewing the infectious agents, you learn there are six types.
Name four of these.
In the animation of bacteria, you learn that they are categorized according
to shape--rod, sphere, or spiral. What are the three different shapes called?
Answer
diarrheal
Areloch
germs (microorganisms)
cause infectious diseases
wash their hands and
sterilize their instruments
bacteria, viruses, prions,
protozoa, fungi, helminthes
bacilli, spirilla, cocci
Upon arriving in Prokaryon, Sirius shows you a graph of diarrhea cases.
How does the graph indicate an epidemic is occurring?
It shows a dramatic increase
in the number of diarrhea
cases.
In the lab, Beta shows you what the wiggling menace looks like. What is
the name of the wiggling menace?
Vibrio cholerae
After looking at the fecal slides, Beta shows you an animation on cholera.
Describe the type of stool found in cases of cholera.
In what body part does V. cholera colonize or grow?
cholera grow or colonize in
the small intestines
the treatment for cholera is
oral rehydration solution
(ORS)
What is the treatment for cholera?
After determining that the two possible sources of contamination are
tomatoes and water, Eureka is reminded of a mysterious cholera epidemic
in which maps were used to pinpoint a water pump as the source of
contamination. Who was the physician who solved this mystery?
In order to verify the source of the contamination, a case control study is
performed. In this study, a comparison is made between those who got
sick with cholera and what other group of people?
What ends up being the source of contamination? The tomatoes or the
lake water?
At the end, Beta and Sirius say that the epidemic can be stopped if the
refugees do what two things?
MEDMYST
rice-water stool is the type
of stool in cholera
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Dr. John Snow
patients who did not get sick
with cholera
the lake water
stop using the lake water
and wash their hands after
going to the bathroom
MISSION TWO: PERIL IN PROKARYON
MISSION BRIEFING: Mission Log
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STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS: Record your observations by finding the clue that correctly
matches each description. Write down the clues as you proceed through the mission.
Question
Answer
In the Arora II spacecraft, you learn of an outbreak of disease in
Prokaryon. What type of disease is it?
In the CyNN news article, a news crawler appears at the bottom of the
story. It tells of a fringe group who are demanding the closure of the
refugee camp. What is the name of this fringe group?
Before arriving in Prokaryon, Eureka helps you review the Germ Theory
first proposed by Louis Pasteur. What is this theory?
Eureka also shows you information on Joseph Lister, a surgeon who
believed in the Germ Theory and therefore insisted that doctors do what?
In reviewing the infectious agents, you learn there are six types.
Name four of these.
In the animation of bacteria, you learn that they are categorized according
to shape--rod, sphere, or spiral. What are the three different shapes called?
Upon arriving in Prokaryon, Sirius shows you a graph of diarrhea cases.
How does the graph indicate an epidemic is occurring?
In the lab, Beta shows you what the wiggling menace looks like. What is
the name of the wiggling menace?
After looking at the fecal slides, Beta shows you an animation on cholera.
Describe the type of stool found in cases of cholera.
In what body part does V. cholera colonize or grow?
What is the treatment for cholera?
After determining that the two possible sources of contamination are
tomatoes and water, Eureka is reminded of a mysterious cholera epidemic
in which maps were used to pinpoint a water pump as the source of
contamination. Who was the physician who solved this mystery?
In order to verify the source of the contamination, a case control study is
performed. In this study, a comparison is made between those who got
sick with cholera and what other group of people?
What ends up being the source of contamination? The tomatoes or the
lake water?
At the end, Beta and Sirius say that the epidemic can be stopped if the
refugees do what two things?
MEDMYST
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MISSION TWO: PERIL IN PROKARYON